Amanda Holden: I’ll have to wait until Simon Cowell is dead before I spill the beans on him

Amanda Holden is keeping her lips sealed when it comes to Simon Cowell (Picture: Xposure)

EXCLUSIVE: Simon Cowell can breathe a sigh of relief as Amanda Holden has promised her autobiography will steer well clear of any scandalous secrets about the Britain’s Got Talent boss.

Declaring she’ll have to wait until he’s dead before she spills the juicy beans on what Cowell gets up to behind-closed-doors, she also revealed she is constantly declining invites to strip down to her bikini on board his luxurious Barbados yacht.

Amanda’s autobiography is set for release this Autumn and having been pals with the music mogul for years – as well as sitting next to him on the Britain’s Got Talent panel for seven series – she’s undoubtedly picked up some dirt on him in her time.

But Amanda told Metro her lips are remaining firmly shut and Cowell has no reason to be worried about her book – nor does anyone, for that matter.

‘No one will be worried but there will be lots of juicy revelations,’ she told us. ‘And when asked if these might involve Si, she joked: ‘I’ll have to wait until Simon’s dead to come out with the truth!’

‘It’s an honest book but also a book that every age can read. It’s a book that I want my daughters to be proud of,’ the 41-year-old added.

And Simon knows he can count on Amanda’s silence as when we asked him if he should be scared about her book, he simply replied: ‘No I can’t wait.’

Amanda could have had some juicy material for her autobiog had she accepted Cowell’s invites onto his luxury yacht in Barbados where he frequently takes his harem of women.

And although most women would die for the chance to sun themselves next to the multi-millionaire while sipping on champagne, Amanda has turned it down because she doesn’t want to ‘kill the magic’ between them.

‘I have been invited on that boat but I’d never let Simon see me in a bikini,’ she said. ‘I literally don’t put make-up on or eyelashes on in the day and I have afro hair which goes all blonde and curly.

‘There is no way I’d sit on a boat like that with Simon. It would kill the magic.’

It’s no surprise Amanda feels a sense of loyalty to Simon as she is the only judge on his many reality shows that has never received the boot.

From The X Factor to Britain’s Got Talent to the US X Factor, Simon has ditched every single one of his judges – including himself. But Amanda has remained a permanent fixture on the BGT panel and is now entering her seventh year as a judge.

Although chuffed with his loyalty towards her, she admitted she still feels ‘on her toes’ as she tried to explain why the pair have remained so close.

‘It’s good that I’m the last judge standing but I don’t want to speak too soon, we’re always on our toes.

‘I think it’s because we really do get on, he’s my friend. I know honestly who he really is and how his mind works. I’m so fond of him. I enjoy everything about him and all of his antics. You’ve got to enjoy him, he’s like the pope.

‘When he gets really ancient, I would love to think that he’s got someone at home to look after him but now he has the best life.

‘He’s surrounded by good people and I think there are people in his life that he loves so that he has that. I think he’s happy and I don’t think he’s the sort of person who needs marriage.’